It takes both strength and finger dexterity to crush a can like that, let me tell you.

By Pete Chianca

June 19, 2014
4:23 p.m.

There’s nothing quite like vintage beers. I’m referring to the can, not to the 12-pack of Blatz that’s been sitting in your garage since your cousin brought it to your summer cookout in 2007.

Case in point: Narragansett Beer (motto: “We still exist”) will be re-releasing its 1975-style can, made famous when Robert Shaw crushed one in “Jaws.” It was one of many things made famous by Robert Shaw in “Jaws,” including but not limited to:

(It’s worth noting the robot shark in the movie was famously named "Bruce" -- probably not after Bruce Springsteen, who was not that famous when they filmed the movie on Martha’s Vineyard in 1974, but who knows? Maybe Steven Spielberg really loved “Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.”)

Meanwhile, if they have a contest to determine which other vintage beers featured in movies should be re-released (the cans, not the movies), my vote goes to Pabst Blue Ribbon, from “Blue Velvet.” Who cares if it’s still the same can?